Overview
- Cardiff beat Dragons 22-19 at the Arms Park after a late penalty try set up a tense finish that the hosts survived with 14 men following Josh McNally’s yellow card.
- Javan Sebastian, Alex Mann and Josh Adams scored Cardiff’s tries, while Dragons scrum-half Che Hope crossed twice before the late penalty try was awarded when Tinus de Beer was held up.
- Ospreys won 26-19 away to Scarlets, claiming a bonus point through tries by Owen Watkin, Dewi Lake, Kieran Hardy and Iestyn Hopkins.
- The results moved Cardiff up to second in the URC, lifted Ospreys to 12th, and dropped Scarlets to the foot of the table.
- Dragons tight-head Rob Hunt left the field on a stretcher with a reported shoulder injury, and the WRU’s plan to reduce the professional regions to three remains unresolved beyond year-end.